1950s in Sociology - 1958

1958

• Simone De Beauvoir's The Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter is published.
• Georges Gurvitch's The Spectrum of Time is published.
• Fritz Heider's The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations is published.
• David Lockwood's Blackcoated worker : a study in class consciousness is published.
• Helen Merrell Lynd's On Shame and the Search for Identity is published.
• C. Wright Mills's The Causes of World War 3 is published.
• Gunnar Myrdal's Beyond the Welfare State is published.
• Irene B. Taeuber's The Population of Japan is published.
• Richard Titmuss' Essays on the Welfare State is published.
• Michael Young's The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870–2023: An Essay On Education and Equality is published.
• The Jewish Journal of Sociology is established in London, Maurice Freedman becomes the first editor.